InterMune, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceutical preparations sector. InterMune, Inc. (InterMune) is a biotechnology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of therapies in pulmonology and fibrotic diseases. In pulmonology, the Company is focused on therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which is a lung disease. Pirfenidone, which is a medicine approved for IPF, is marketed by InterMune in the European Union as Esbriet and is in a Phase 3 clinical trial in the United States. Pirfenidone is also approved for the treatment of IPF in Japan, where it is marketed by Shionogi & Co. Ltd. under the trade name Pirespa. InterMune's research programs are focused on the discovery of targeted, small-molecule therapeutics and biomarkers to treat and monitor serious pulmonary and fibrotic diseases. In
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